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English noun: diatom

1. diatom (animal) microscopic unicellular marine or freshwater colonial alga having cell walls impregnated with silica


Broader (hypernym)alga, algae, phytoplankton


Member meronymBacillariophyceae, class Bacillariophyceae, class Diatomophyceae, Diatomophyceae









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